Kilt By Death: The Sound Of Old Scotland

to fill a request from dr. punkenstain, i am posting this fabulous three volume compilation of "killed by death style" rare or otherwise obscure scottish DIY punk.

from volcanic tongue:
The next wad who walks up to me in public and hands me a CD-R of their current post-rock/indie-experimental/improv/hip ‘noise' project with the immortal words “it's happening on your own doorstep!” is gonna have to eat fist. The fact is that there has never been any real history of experimental music in Scotland and outside of the activities of a few scattered individuals that unfortunately remains pretty much the case today. What Scotland has always enjoyed is a fairly voluble DIY/underground rock scene, a scene that - despite the geographical distance - always seemed to have more in common with what was happening beneath the pavements of New York than anything that the media/fashion dictates of London might've encouraged. Kilt By Death, then, is a timely round-up of some of the best - and some of the most unlikely - DIY/punk sides to come out of Scotland in the period 1977-1984. Some of the stuff here is pretty common, some of it is faintly ridiculous (Andy Cameron's “I Wanna Be A Punk Rocker”) and some of it (killer sides like Fire Exit's “Time Wall”, previously comped on Volume 7 of the original Killed By Death series) is as rare as a clue in the putty-soft brain of the average Scottish music journalist. Listened to in one sitting it makes a pretty convincing case for Scotland's inclusion alongside New Zealand as one of the most consistently committed DIY outposts and one that drew sustenance and strength - as opposed to bitterness and poodle-peddling compromise - from a position of relative cultural and geographical isolation. Sometimes, you just gotta be reminded. Includes killer tracks by 35mm Dreams, Alleged, Alternative, Alternators, Another Pretty Face, Article 58, AVO-8, Aztec Camera, Basic Unit, Battery Boys, Beat Necessity, Bee Bee Cee, Boots for Dancing, Brills, Buba and the Shop Assistants, Andy Cameron, Cheetahs, Commercials, Crimedesk, Defiant Pose, Delmontes, DNV, Drive, Electric Personalities, Electrix, End Result, Exile, Exposure, External Menace, Fakes, Fegs, Fire Engines, Fire Exit, Flowers, Freeze, Fun 4, Jesus and Mary Chain, Johnny and the Self-Abusers, Jolt, Josef K, Laughing Apple, Mentol Errors, Metropak, Neon Barbs, Noise Annoys, One Takes, Orange Juice, Passionate Friends, Pastels, Prats, PVC2, Red Letters, Restricted Code, Rezillos, Scars, Scrotum Poles, Significant Zerøs, Simple Minds, Skids, Skroteez, Square Peg, Squibs, Story So Far, Strutz, Subs, Suede Crocodiles, T.P.I., Thermometers, Those Intrinsic Intellectuals, Threats, TV21, Twisted Nerve, Urban Enemies, Valves, Venigmas, Victims of What?, Visitors (Dundee/Edinburgh), Wake, Wayward Skylabs, X-S Discharge, Zips and Zones. Highly recommended

download links below:

va - kilt by death - the sound of old scotland vol. 1
http://lix.in/-3a11a7
mp3 224kbps [127.26 MB]

va - kilt by death - the sound of old scotland vol. 2
http://lix.in/-33f723
mp3 224kbps [126.50 MB]

va - kilt by death - the sound of old scotland vol. 3
http://lix.in/-327082
mp3 224kbps [127.40 MB]

va - killed by death MEGAPOST #1 - 10

punk record collectors and avid hardcore nerds alike are no stranger to the killed by death series of compilations. these records mostly showcased some of the best (and, admittedly, worst) of the rare, obscure, and/or overlooked punk glut from around the world during the late 70s and early 80s, sending many otherwise casual record collectors into a sweating fury to find original copies. enter the age of the internet and auction sites such as ebay and every band ever featured in the KBD series now fetches ridiculously high prices. while most of these records are well worth owning, they surely are NOT worth what most people are paying for them.

here for your review are KILLED BY DEATH compilations #1 - 10, a good place to start if you're interested in hearing some rare, obscure punk from all corners of the earth, or to re-acquaint yourself if you have "been there, done that" already. this is actually a re-up for an anonymous commenter. normally, i would probably pass on such a large request under the cloak of anonymity, but i do believe this is should be one of those punk rocker's rites of passage. everyone should be exposed to the joys (and in some cases, utter tastelessness or annoyances) of these collections.

Killed By Death #1
http://lix.in/-43d9a4
mp3 256kbps [66.1MB]

I Hate Music (Mad, USA, 1979, from 1.7")

Hillside Strangler (Hollywood Squares, USA, 1978, from only 7")

Problem Child (Slugs, USA, 1980, from 1.7")

Cab Driver (Vox Pop, USA, 1980, from only 7")

(The Original) Neutron Bomb (Controllers, USA, 1978, from What! compilation EP)

Slash Your Face (Dogs, USA, 1978, from 2.7")

Killer Man (Gasoline, France, 1977, from 1.7")

Matinee (Kraut, USA, 1981, from 2.7")

(I'm The) Hillside Strangler (Child Molesters, USA, 1978, from 1.7")

I Wanna Be Rich (Cold Cock, USA, 1979, from only 7")

Radiation Masturbation / I Hate Cops (Authorities, USA, 1982, from only 7")

Decadent Jew (Nuns, USA, 1978, from 1.7")

Sick Of You (Users, UK, 1977, from 1.7")

I Beat You (Vicious Visions, Sweden, 1982, from only 7")

Killed By Death #2
http://lix.in/-3ab1e8
mp3 192kbps [58.7MB]

Bummer Bitch (Freestone, USA, 1978, from only 7")

I Hate Tourists (Freeze, USA, 1980, from 1.7")

Son Of Sam (Chain Gang, USA, 1977, from 1.7")

Disgusting (Mad, USA, 1979, from 2.7")

True Life (Machines, UK, 1978, from only 7")

The Loser (Vains, USA, 1980, from only 7")

So Long To The Sixties (S'nots, USA, 1977, from only 7")

Absolute Ruler (Rude Kids, Sweden, 1979, from 3.7")

Just Head (Nervous Eaters, USA, 1979, from 2.7")

Dead Rock & Rollers (Detention, USA, 1983, from only 7")

Communist Radio (Eat, USA, 1979, from 1.7")

Blues (Cheifs, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Gacy's Place (Mentally Ill, USA, 1979, from 1.7")

Crowd Control (Really Red, USA, 1979, from 1.7")

Horizontal Action (Psycho Surgeons, Australia, 1978, from only 7")

Don't Worry Kyoko Mommy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow (Child Molesters, USA, 1978, from 1.7")

Killed By Death #3
http://lix.in/-40cc6c
mp3 192kbps [55.1MB]

Kill Yourself (Lewd, USA, 1978, from only 7")

51 Percent (Defnics, USA, 1981, from only 7")

Salted City (84 Flesh, France, 1980, from only 7")

Mindless Contentment (Plugz, USA, 1978, from 1.7")

Doctor TV / Kneecappin' (Eat, USA, 1980, from 2.7" [God Punishes ... EP])

This Generation Is On Vacation (Shock, USA, 1978, from 1.7")

Television Sect (Sods, Denmark, 1978, from only 7")

I Was There At The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Ambient Noise, USA, 1980, from only 7")

I Don't Wanna Work / I'm Useless / At The Mall (Queers, USA, 1984, from 2.7")

Oh I Love This Weather (Ebenezer & The Bludgeons, USA, 1978, from only 7")

Headliner (NY Niggers, USA, 1979, from only 7")

Hot Sody (Screamin' Mee-Mees, USA, 1977, from 1.7")

NY Ripper (Violators, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Vice Verses (John Berenzy Group, USA, 1978, from only 7")

Killed By Death #4
http://lix.in/-42530d
mp3 192kbps [51.8MB]

Stoned To Death / Stick To Your Guns / I'm Bored / A Piece Of Me (Zero Boys, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Sink The Whales (Buy Japanese Goods) / Disco Queen (Rotters, USA, 1979, 2.7")

Modern Needs (Really Red, USA, 1980, from 2.7")

Don't Hide Your Hate (Filth, Holland, 1978, from only 7")

Alcoholiday (Kaos, USA, 1980, from only 12")

God Is Dead (Heart Attack, USA, 1981, from only 7")

EAP (Brulbajz, Sweden, 1980, from only EP)

Glad He's Dead (Huns, USA, 1979, from only 7")

No Productivity (Subhumans, Canada, 1980, from 2.7")

TV Freak (Victims, Australia, 1978, from 2.7" [No Thanks To The Human Turd EP])

Fuck & Suck (Mad Virgins, Belgium, 1978, from only 7")

I Think I Love You (Ism, USA, 1983, 2.7")

Get Your Woofing Dog Off Me (Jerks, UK, 1977, from 1.7")

Killed By Death #5
http://lix.in/-3dbf3e
mp3 192kbps [58.1MB]

What The Fuck (Black Easter, UK, 1982, from only 7")

Job (Nubs, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Microwave Radiation (Xterminators, USA, 1980, from only 7")

White Stains (Molls, USA, 1979, from only 7")

title in Japanese (Stalin, Japan, 1982, from 2.LP [Stop Jap])

Cry For Fame (Dieter Meier, Switzerland, 1978, from 1.7")

Tammy Wynette (Maggots, USA, 1979, from only 7")

Teenage Life (Cowboys, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Look Around (I Was So Upset) / Sweet Rot (Hubble Bubble, Belgium, 1978, from 1.LP [self-titled])

If I Watch TV (Neo Punkz, Holland, 1980, from only 7")

Reborn (Shitdogs, USA, 1980, from 1.7" [History of Cheese EP])

Shoot The Pope (RPA, USA, 1981, from only 7")

Clubnite (Teddy & The Fratgirls, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Corporate Food (Anonymous, USA, 1979, from only 7")

Drugs (Riot 303, Canada, 1982, from only 7")

Nazi School (Cracked Actor, USA, 1981, from only 7")

Afraid Of The Russians (Stiphnoyds, USA, 1980, from only 7")

No Monarchy (Kids, Belgium, 1978, from 1.7")

Killed By Death #6
http://lix.in/-4252ef
mp3 192kbps [69.4MB]

This Is Rock n Roll (Kids, Belgium, 1978, from 1.LP [self-titled])

Army Life (Funeral Dress, Belgium, 1987, from 1.7")

Exit (Dirt Shit, Austria, 1979, from only 7")

Monotony (Next, USA, 1979, from 1.7" [Make It Quick EP])

Just A Doper (The Insults, USA, 1979, from 1.7")

You Sucker (Ed Nasty & The Dopeds, USA, 1978, from only 7")

Slave (Hitler SS, Italy, 1979, from only 7" [split EP with Tampax])

UFO Dictator (Tampax, Italy, 1979, from 1.7" [split EP with Hitler SS])

Neon Lights (Revenge 88, Belgium, 1981, from 1.7")

Homework (Screaming Urge, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Schund (Schund, Austria, 1980, from only 7")

Exclamations (GISM, Japan, 1983, from Great Punk Hits compilation LP)

My Dad's A Fuckin' Alcoholic (Frantix, USA, 1983, from 2.7")

Mental (Glueams, Switzerland, 1979, from 2.7")

Totally Useless (Psykik Volts, UK, 1979, from only 7")

Time Wall (Fire Exit, UK, 1979, from only 7")

Prisoners of Time (Mark Truth & The Liars, USA, 1981, from only 7")

Meilla Voisi Tunaau Olla Hauska (Se, Finland, 1979, from 6.7")

Killed By Death #7
http://lix.in/-392b33
mp3 192kbps [64.3MB]

Big Money (Village Pistols, USA, 1981, from only 7")

Time Wall (Fire Exit, UK, 1979, from only 7")

Tits On The Beach (Rude Norton, Canada, 1980, from only 7")

My Fly (Chain Gang, USA, 1978, from 2.7")

I Don't Wanna Be Rich (Guilty Razors, France, 1978, from only 7")

I'm Gonna Be Everything (Ed Nasty & The Dopeds, USA, 1978, from only 7")

UFO Dictator (Tampax, Italy, 1979, from 1.7" [split EP with Hitler SS])

Tryin' To Mess With Me (Absentees, USA, 1981, from only 7")

Armed Robbery (Dot Vaeth Group, USA, 1978, from only 7")

They're Back Again, Here They Come (Cigarettes, UK, 1979, from 1.7")

Cola Freaks (Lost Kids, Denmark, 1979, from 2.7")

The Source (Fresh Color, Switzerland, 1978, from 1.7")

Seize The Middle East (Hated, USA, 1981, from 1.7")

Back To Bataan (Maids, USA, 1979, from only 7")

I'm Walking Down The Psychopath (DDT, USA, 1983, from only 7")

Zuri Punx (Sperma, Switzerland, 1979, from 1.7")

Manisch Depressiv ((MD)Manisch Depressiv, Switzerland, 1983, from only 7")

Killed By Death #8.5
http://lix.in/-40cc80
mp3 192kbps [65.4MB]

I Rock I Ran (Toxin III, USA, 1982, from only 7")

Frontline (Seizure, USA, 1978, from only 7")

Twinkie Madness (Cosmetics, USA, 1980, from only 10")

L.A. Sleaze (Reactors, USA (CA), 1979, from only 7")

Taking The City By Storm (Haskels, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Can't Stand The Midwest (Dow Jones & The Industrials, 1980, from only 7")

Let The Kids Play (Crucified, USA, 1977, from only 7")

Grind Her Up (Uncalled 4, USA, 1979, from only 7")

Stage Speech (Snuky Tate, USA, 1979, from 1.7" [Who Cares EP])

S&M (Public Disturbance, USA, 1983, from only 7")

I Wanna Be A Number (Vast Majority, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Mom's A Fake (Styphnoids, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Super Destroyer Mark II (Turnbuckles, USA, 1981, from only 7")

Killer Cain (Shitdogs, USA, 1981, from 1.7" [History of Cheese EP])

Punk Rock Star (John Vomit & The Leatherscabs, USA, 1978, from only 7")

Killed In Jail (Latin Dogs, USA, 1983, from only 7")

Population Zero (Insults, USA, 1979, from 2.7")

Pearl Harbor / Fat Bitch (Matchheads, USA, 1981, from only 7")

Killed By Death #9
http://lix.in/-43d9c2
mp3 192kbps [62.3MB]

Break My Face / Blues For An Insurance Salesman (Tapeworm, USA, 1978, from only 7")

Police State (Crap Detectors, USA, 1979, from 1.7")

Big Doings (Corpsicles, USA, 1982, from only 7")

I Wanna Kill My Mom (Panics, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Uniformz (Nothing, USA, 1978, from only 7")

You're Not Gonna Get It (Epicycle, USA, 1980, from 3.7")

Kill The Bee Gees (Accident, USA, 1979, from only 7")

Suicidal Tendencies (Jetsons, USA, 1981, from only 7")

Laugh (Hammer Damage, USA, 1978, from only 7")

Drunk & Disorderly (Shirkers, USA, 1978, from only 7")

School Jerks (Vains, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Amerika First (Gizmos, USA, 1978, from 2.7")

Better Off Dead (La Peste, USA, 1978, from only 7")

On Whom They Beat (Sado-Nation, USA, 1980, from only 7")

You're Full Of Shit (X-X, USA, 1979, from 1.7")

In Vagueness Deal (Breakouts, USA, 1979, from 1.7")

Revolting Mess (Ice 9, USA, 1979, from only 7")

Killed By Death #10
http://lix.in/-37a4c4
mp3 192kbps [54.2MB]

Useless Eater (Vomit Pigs, USA, 1979, from only 7")

Laughing Lover (Tragics [originally The Misfits], USA, 1981, from only 7")

Unnational Anthem (Desendants, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Hijack Victim (63 Monroe, Canada, 1980, from only 12" EP)

Jet Set (Executives, USA, 1980, from only 7")

Heat's Rising / Jehovah's Witness (Grim Klone Band, USA, 1978, from 1.7")

Spit On Your Grave (Cringe, USA, 1981, from only 7")

We Dig Nixon (Voodoo Idols, USA, 1982, from 1.7")

Time Change (Red Squares, USA, 1980, from only 7")

God Knows You By Name (Gentlemen of Horror, Canada, 1981, from only 7")

Almost Ready (Normals, USA, 1978, from only 7")

Dead Cubans (Discords, Canada, 1982, from only 7")

Band Aid (Trend, USA, 1980, from only 7")

X-Patriots (Count Vertigo, USA, 1979, from only 7")

The Creeper (Unnatural Axe, USA, 1978, from 1.7")

Out Of Order (Skinnies, USA, 1978, from only 7")

Circumcision (Endtables, USA, 1978, from 1.7")

Ate Days A Week (Sick & The Lame, USA, 1979, from only 7")

thanx to the killed by hype website for providing the track listings for these comps, and to whomever uploaded these beloved things to the internet in the first place. these are not my rips, nor do i claim them to be. they were obtained elsewhere on the internet i have no means of retracing where.

for extra info on these comps and more over at lipstickkillers.

cichlids - be true to your school LP

a little trip to the bookstore today yielded this dusty piece southern florida new wave punk rock history.  only fitting i should mention that, just yesterday, the fabulous killed by death records blog posted probably the best record to come out of south florida during the period, the eat's - communist radio/catholic love 7" 45.  a perfect companion to the record i'm covering here.

as the story goes, the cichlids made their debut in 1979 and became an overnight local sensation.  trying to cash in on the current trend in punk rock, disco label TK records signed the cichlids, but sadly enough, internal conflicts caused the band to break up shortly after the album was released.  the recent filming of a documentary of the 70s florida punk scene [trailer] prompted a reunion and sparked plans for another album.

the cichlids - be true to your school LP [vinyl rip]
http://sharebee.com/d5e25b8f
mp3 320kbps VBR  [57.98 MB]

01 missionary man
02 with my girl
03 bubble gum
04 jewish girls
05 lifeguard dan
06 ups and downs
07 let's go menial
08 14 or fight
09 follow the trend
10 these boots were made for walkin'
11 did you ever
12 planned obsolescence
13 ubangi stomp

the record is non-stop energy from the moment the needle drops into the groove on side A, until it picks up from the end of side B.  comparisons may range from early blondie to the rezillos to x-ray spex to the runaways with a sneaky touch of beach boys added in there somewhere as well.  fans of female-fronted punk will not be disappointed!

the cichlids covering iggy and the stooges "search and destroy"


the cichlids - ubangi stomp/let's go menial


the cichlids on myspace

more south florida punk:
The Reactions - Love You E.P. 7″
The Eat - Communist Radio/Catholic Love 7″

this week's roundup from the mp3 blogs

cheap trick - early catalogue expanded and remastered [1 2 3 4 5 6 7]
via Re-upped!
essential classic rock goodness, thousands of children were conceived to these albums.  these boys could really craft a catchy pop song!!

THE CHEIFS- s/t 7"EP (Playgems Records, USA, 1980)
via Good bad Music for bad, bad Times!
now here's a meaty slab of KBDish LA punk.  again GBMFBBT! serves up the goods!!  the comments amassed on this post are required reading, chime in if you will...

THE OFFENDERS- Lost Cause, c/w Rockin the Town 7″ (Suffering Sounds, USA, 1981)
via Good bad Music for bad, bad Times!
tribute to the recently passed mikey offender (ex-offenders, DRI, MDC), may he RIP.  yet another slammin' offering from one of the best punk blogs currently active.  had me gone digging for my offenders LP, which is still hidden somewhere among my stacks.

McRad - F.D.R.
via born in the basement
some good ol' skaterock from chuck treece and crew.  slap this on the next time you're dropping into the bowl.

GNIDROLOG – IN SPITE OF HARRY’S TOE-NAIL – 1972 (UK) progressive rock
via orexis of death
a really good mind-bender of an album if you're into shit like king crimson or jethro tull.

THE SLITS: Cut
via Hangover Heart Attack
so what if the slits couldn't play their instruments (as the legend goes), didn't stop them from writing this absolutely amazing album of dub-influenced punk rock.  one of the most unique punk records of uk 70s.

oodles of slade [1 2 3 4]
via Re-upped!
can't resist the glammy goodness of slade.  nothing in the world like those anthemic choruses!!

a handful of post-punk and power pop
via anthems from the alleyways
Wire – On Returning, Buzzcocks – Love Bites, Mission of Burma – Signals, Calls & Marches, Alternative TV – The Radio Sessions, Gang of Four –Return the Gift, and Undertones-Undertones.  a welcome return after a trip to the virus clinic.